Chicago Freedom School- http://www.www.chicagofreedomschool.com/ The MISSION of the Chicago Freedom School is to develop the personal and social capabilities of youth and adults so that they can work together to eradicate oppression.
Fierce- http://www.fiercenyc.org Fierce is a POC LGBTTSQ youth lead organizing project in New York City.
Young Women's Action Team- http://www.youngwomensactionteam.org Chicago Based Girls lead social justice campaign to end street harrassment
Females United For Action http://www.myspace.com/femalesunitedforaction Chicago Based Girls lead group that is concerned about media representations of women
National Youth Advocacy Coalition http://www.nyacyouth.org This is a national activist organization for LGBT youth and their allies.
Soul http://www.youthec.org This is an amazing school that helps young activists gain organizing and mobilization skills
Prison Moratorium Project http://www.nomoreprisons.org Located in Brooklyn, these folks work to end the building of youth detention centers and prisons
Sista to Sista http://www.sistaiisista.org This is a proactive space in New York City where young women of color can tap into their collective power to fight injustice
Center for Young Women's Development- http://www.cywd.org Based in California, this is a project run by and for young girls and women!!
Khmer Girls in Action http://www.kgalb.org California Based, this is an amazing leadership organization for Khmer girls in California
Sista's On the Rise http://www.sistasontherise.org Sistas on the Rise is a space for young women of color ages 13-21, to take ownership and power over their lives and create a healthy community.
Audre Lourde Project http://www.alp.org This is a radical queer people of color social justice organizing project in Brooklyn, NY. They have a youth organizing project too! Plus they do work around the sex trade and transgender issues. Check them out.
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Sister Song- http://www.sistersong.net Sister song is a radical project working on reproductive justice issues for women of color
Incite! http://www.incite-national.org This is an grassroots projects that unites women of color to end violence against women
Women of Color Resource Center http://www.coloredgirls.org/ This organization works to improve the lives of women and girls of color in the U.S.
Center for Women Population and the Environment http://www.cwpe.org Check out this site if you are looking to organize for reproductive justice issues for women and girls of color.
Video Machette- http://www.videomachete.org Chicago based radical film making folks!
Street Level Youth Media- http://www.street-level.org A youth lead film making project in Chicago!
Paper Tiger- http://www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org A New York based film making group that makes great documentaries on everything from queer lives to workers rights
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First Defense Legal AID http://www.first-defense.org These folks will respond to your call 24 hours a day if you are in police custody- You dont even have to be under arrest. Memorize this number 1-800-lawrep4
Sex Workers Project http://www.urbanjustice.org/ujc/projects/sex.htmlject New York based folks who are working with adults involved in the sex trade. They look at laws and policy to see how things change for the rights of people involved.
CRA http://www.anypositivechange.org Chicago's own life saving syringe exchange. Check out this site for great overdose prevention material as well as van sites to exchange your rigs!
HRC http://www.harmreduction.org A national coalition of harm reduction organizations that works for policy change at the federal and local levels. They also have a training calendar and an incredible conference
Dancesafe- http://www.dancesafe.org Offers great harm reduction information about Club Drugs and more
Drug policy alliance - http://www.drugpolicy.org These folks are working on ending the Drug War
Generation 5- http://www.generationfive.org This organization is doing national organization around violence, harm reduction and transformative justice. Look for YWEP collaborations with Generation 5 coming in 2007-2008
http://www.RethinkResources.net This is a great website full of information about the sex trade started by Claudine O'Leary
http://www.nomylamm.com Nomy Lamm is an amazing activist and performer who's writing is going to change the world!
http://www.eminism.com This site is run by an amazing queer person of color who's take on feminism and the sex trade is a must read.
http://www.positive.org Fabulous safer sex information from a sex positive stand point